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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 11, 2023El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at May 11, 2023, 12:13 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2023, 12:13 PM MDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2023, 1:00 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 440 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 11, 4:20 AM MDT, 7 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 4:20 AM MDT, 7 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 11:04 AM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1104 AM MDT Thu May 11 2023

COZ058>089-093>099-121715-
Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Feet-
Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Feet-
Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Feet-
Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Feet-
Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County Above 9000 Feet-
Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below
10000 Feet-Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Alamosa  Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Southern San Luis Valley-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet-
Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between
7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below
7500 Feet-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range
Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet-
Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-
Eastern Las Animas County-Western Kiowa County-
Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
1104 AM MDT Thu May 11 2023

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east
central...south central and southeast Colorado.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

One or two strong to severe storms are expected through the
afternoon across the southeast Colorado Plains, mainly north and
east of I-25 and along and north of the of the Highway 50
Corridor. The main threats from these storms will be hail up to
ping pong ball size and wind gusts over 60 mph, along with
lightning and heavy rainfall. There is also a low threat for a
tornadoes.

Pockets of heavy rainfall are possible across the Pikes Peak region
today, with some localized flooding possible. High and fast flows
can also be expected in rivers, creeks and drainages across the
Pikes Peak region today.

Scattered snow showers across the higher terrain this morning may
mix with rain through the afternoon, before changing back to all
snow this evening. Additional accumulations of 1 to 5 inches will
be possible through tonight, with the greatest amounts expected
across the highest peaks of the Central Mountains into the higher
peaks of the Pikes Peak region.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

A cool and unsettled weather pattern remains in the offing through
this weekend and into early next week. There will be chances of
afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms each day. The
main threats from all storms will be lightning and gusty winds up
to 40 mph, with locally heavy rain and small hail possible with
the strongest storms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will
be likely over portions of the region.

23/23

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 10:43 AM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 10:44 AM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 11:02 AM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 11:16 AM MDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 11:33 AM MDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 12:13 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 6:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	33 min
May 10, 7:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	47 min
May 10, 7:31 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	36 hr
May 10, 8:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		23 min
May 10, 8:43 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	Chaffee, El Paso, Fremont, Lake, Saguache, Teller	27 hr
May 10, 8:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Otero	46 min
May 10, 9:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Otero	33 min
May 10, 9:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	40 min
May 10, 10:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	60 min
May 10, 10:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Otero	42 min
May 11, 1:46 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	29 min
May 11, 1:58 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	47 min
May 11, 2:51 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	24 min
May 11, 4:13 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	47 min
May 11, 4:43 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	32 min
May 11, 6:10 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	35 min
May 11, 6:58 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	32 min
May 11, 7:11 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
May 11, 7:56 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
May 11, 8:21 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	PUB	El Paso	2 hr
May 11, 10:22 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	21 hr
May 11, 12:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	34 min
May 11, 1:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	35 min
May 11, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	32 min
May 11, 2:47 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	42 hr
May 11, 2:51 PM MDT	River Flood Watch	PUB	Pueblo	8 hr
May 11, 2:54 PM MDT	River Flood Watch	PUB	Otero	28 hr
May 11, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	30 min
May 11, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	32 min
May 11, 4:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	27 min
May 11, 4:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	29 min
May 11, 4:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	25 min
May 11, 4:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	36 min
May 11, 5:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	37 min
May 11, 5:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	26 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.